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Picnic Fried Chicken

By: Southern Living magazine

"A Southern classic that every family will enjoy."

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Original Recipe Yield 6 servings

Ingredients

2 (2 pound) whole chickens, cut up
2 cups milk
1 egg
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons salt
2 teaspoons pepper
3 cups shortening
2 teaspoons salt

Directions

RINSE chicken with cold water; pat dry, and set aside.
WHISK together milk and egg in a bowl. Combine flour, 2 tablespoons salt, and pepper in a heavy-duty zip-top plastic bag.
DIP 2 chicken pieces in milk mixture. Place in plastic bag; seal and shake to coat. Remove chicken; repeat procedure with remaining pieces.
MELT shortening in a Dutch oven over medium heat; heat to 350 degrees. Fry chicken, in batches, 10 minutes on each side or until done and golden brown. Drain on paper towels. Sprinkle evenly with 2 teaspoons salt.

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Reprinted with permission of Southern Living® magazine. All rights reserved.

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Reviewed on Dec. 17, 2003 by JUSTCYN

I wish they had ten stars! Fantastic fried chicken. I’m from the North and live in the South....

Reviewed on Oct. 4, 2003 by momof2plustwins

Yummmmm. Delicious! I am from Maryland, so of course had to add Old Bay Seasoning (about 1...

Reviewed on Sep. 7, 2003 by CHRISTINAD19

Great fried chicken. Did "double-dip" in milk/egg and flour mixture to give a thicker...

Reviewed on Jun. 22, 2003 by JAZZY-GIRL

You will simply love this, trust me.

Reviewed on Dec. 17, 2003 by erniesalim

I used this recipe for chicken strips and my wife and son LOVED it. It was very very good.

Reviewed on Jun. 22, 2003 by NETSTA912

My family loves this recipe. I made it one day just to try a new recipe and ever since I did...

Reviewed on Oct. 1, 2005 by LINDA MCLEAN

A good recipe that you could certainly play around with to make it your own. Before I started...

Reviewed on Sep. 30, 2003 by PCHAU

My boyfriend loved this recipe, and he is so picky. He doesn't eat half the things I make,...

Reviewed on Mar. 7, 2004 by MOIREBRI

I didn't think I could make good fried chicken, but my boyfriend asked for some and I used...

Reviewed on Mar. 2, 2004 by SARAHW8665

I'm no good at frying chicken, but this recipe was error-proof. I loved the way the chicken...

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